Born in 1922, Barfield was a farmer for many years, until a back injury forced him to retire. He had started playing blues when he was five years old, using a cooking oil can he had rigged up with a neck and one string. He took up the (real) guitar at age 12, and started ... read more »

The tracks on this amazing LP were recorded by the folklorist George Mitchell in Memphis, during the summer of 1967. DEWEY CORLEY was part of the same jug band scene that spawned Will Shade, Gus Cannon and Furry Lewis.

Despite being in their 70s and 80s, the COUNTRY ROCKERS were mainstays of the 1990s Memphis rock and punk scene. These weird, rocking, homespun country recordings were made at the studio of the brother of one of the members, a place also used by a.o. Pavement, Sonic Youth, ... read more »

The long-lost Southern soul recordings from the Sound Of Birmingham Recording Studio, laid down on tape between 1969 and 1971. "Four decades later Frazier's long lost masters are finally seeing the light of day, and are a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit ... read more »

JOHN PAUL KEITH, the brilliant singer-songwriter and blistering guitarist who exploded out of a self-imposed musical exile in Memphis with 2009's critically acclaimed 'Spills And Thrills' and 2011's 'The Man That Time Forgot' returns with 'Memphis Circa 3AM', which is his ... read more »

LOVER! is a power pop explosion fermented in the psyche of RICH REATARD (LOST SOUNDS, REATARDS, KNAUGHTY KNIGHTS, AMERICAN DEATH RAY). Teaming up with GREG ROBERTSON (ex-REIGNING SOUND), Rich drags you through his experiences in the deep south town of Nachez, Mississippi. ... read more »

Marie/Lepanto was named after the two towns, situated roughly between Southeast Missouri and Western Arkansas, where singer-songwriters Will Johnson and Justin Peter-Kinkel-Schuster grew up. The duo's full-length 'Tenkiller' offers a darker, more austere vision of Americana.

Founding member of garage-bands THE COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS & THE OBLIVIANS. He channels the spirit of proto punk as well as blues, country & junkyard rock; his songs evoke haunting, echo-y swamp boogie that will walk you down that dark alley without fear.

Between 1967 and 1977 Designer label founder STYLE WOOTEN and his studio main man ROLAND JANES, a heroic figure in Memphis music, produced between 400 and 500 gospel singles. What's astonishing is how seamlessly this set's 101 songs by dozens of groups and solo acts lock ... read more »

An interesting self titled release. These songs are the hugeness of rain, the heaviness of breath, the strangeness of cities. Light a cigarette and close your eyes-let these songs whiskey into you, let them brighten your blood, let them be endless in the night.

An interesting self titled release. These songs are the hugeness of rain, the heaviness of breath, the strangeness of cities. Light a cigarette and close your eyes-let these songs whiskey into you, let them brighten your blood, let them be endless in the night.

At age 82, bluesman LEO 'BUD' WELCH delivers a garage-blues manifesto that weds waves of prickly six-string distortion and gutbucket drums with a smoke-and-ash voice and mud-crusted guitar sounds. This album easily lives up to Fat Possum's history of producing edgy but ... read more »